Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Values
In a fast-pace world that promotes multitasking and maintaining constant connections with others, it is increasingly difficult for many of us to find down time to unwind from the stresses that we have accumulated from work and our interpersonal lives. There is...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Values
On December 5th, 2013 Mr. Mandela passed away. I found myself thinking about how his life clearly reflects a values-based life. His actions were consistent with his personal values even though he was attacked, insulted, arrested, and persecuted multiple times. Over...
Behavior change, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments, Values
On Monday April the 18th., 2013, I attended a lecture given by my mentor Matthew McKay, Ph.D. on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), exposure-based interventions, and distress management. This lecture was extremely motivating because it opened the door to a room...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure, Values
Over the last couple of months I wrote different posts about exposure and its current clinical applications: Exposure: What is it and why is it important?, (b) Values-based exposure: what is it? Why to do it?, Social phobia/anxiety and values-based exposure). Today, I...
